Hello everyone! Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews…again. My name is Melina, and I am a bibliophile, a lover of books, a bibliophage, an ardent reader and a bibliotaph. I hoard books. I am all things biblio. In this blog, I review books of different genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, fantasy, YA, and others. Please feel free to turn the page and look around. Hopefully, one of my reviews will help you decide to pick up a book or not. If you’re interested in a review for your published book, please click here to get on my wish list. Happy…
FANTASY READS 2026: Book of the Month
Hi everyone. It is time to pick the next book for my Fantasy Reads 2026 book club. This month the prompt is to read a book with multiple POVs, so I picked The Shadow of the Gods by John Gywnne.
CLÁSICOS Y MÁS: Book of the Month
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Clásicos y más. It is time to pick the book for March. This month the prompt is to read an epistolary novel so I chose the following two short novels: Esta noche moriré by Fernando Marías and Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela by Elena Poniatowska.
BOOK REVIEW: The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto by Mario Vargas Llosa
Hi everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. It is time to review my book club pick for February: The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto by Mario Vargas Llosa. Thank you for stopping by. Introduction Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto (The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto) is a novel by the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, first published in 1997. It is the sequel to Elogio de la madrastra (In Praise of the Stepmother), published in 1988. Elogio de la madrastra (In Praise of the Stepmother) is the story of how the conjugal bliss and happiness of don Rigoberto and his second…
JANUARY 2026: Best and Worst Books of the Month
Hi everyone. Today, I’ll be talking about the best and worst books I read in January. This month, I also DNF’d two books. Both of them, unfortunately, were fantasy books. 1. WORST BOOK OF THE MONTH: A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Frankly, I thought I was going to love this book but I did not. A Month in the Country is “set in the aftermath of World War I and follows a war veteran’s summer of restoration – both of a medieval church painting and of his own shattered spirit. It is a ‘tale of survival and healing’…
JANUARY WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hi everyone! Welcome to a new year of reading. Today, I’m reviewing the books I read in January. I read 6 books this month. Here are my thoughts on all of them: 1. CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC IN SPANISH LITERATURE: Las batallas en el desierto por José Emilio Pacheco (English translation: Battles in the Desert by José Emilio Pacheco) First published in 1981, this book is the story of Carlitos, a young boy who falls in love with Mariana, his best friend’s mother. Meeting Mariana is pivotal in Carlitos’s life; in the before, he is still a child. In the after, his…
FANTASY READS 2026: Book of the Month
Hi everyone. Welcome back to my Fantasy Reads 2026 book club. In February, we’re reading a book that has been on my TBR for a long time. I chose Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. This book has been on my shelves for years because I didn’t have the best experience reading Mistborn several years ago. In fact, I DNF’d that series. Let’s hope that this year, things go a little better with Sanderson. I did learn recently though that mass market paperbacks like this one are being discontinued.
CLÁSICOS Y MÁS: Book of the Month
Hey everyone. It’s almost February, so it’s time to pick a new book for the book club. This month, the prompt is: “Read a romance book” so I picked “Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto” by Mario Vargas Llosa. Hope you can join me again.
DECEMBER 2025: Best and Worst Books of the Month
Hi everyone. Today, I’ll be talking about the best and worst books I read in December. I know this post is a bit late, but it is here now. 1. WORST BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch This book is a historical fiction romance with a twinge of mystery that takes place from the Russian Revolution to the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The story focuses on “an epic love story” that affects the lives of three generations of Russian women, Rosie, Katya, and Tonya, whose narratives are all interconnected by Russian fairy…
TOP 15 Classic Books I Read In 2025
Hi everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I’ll be ranking the top 15 classics I read in 2025, from worst to best. Classic literature was my most read genre last year, so I wanted to let you all know which ones were my favorites and which were not. Disclaimer: this list is subjective and it reflects my personal experience reading these novels. I’m in no way saying that the books I didn’t like are bad; in fact, many people love them but, unfortunately, I did not. So, here goes: 15. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas I was deeply…
DECEMBER WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hi everyone! Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I’m reviewing the books I read in December. I read 6 books this month. Here are my thoughts on all of them: 1. HISTORICAL FICTION AND ROMANCE: The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch This book is a historical fiction romance with a twinge of mystery that takes place from 1916 to the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The story focuses on “an epic love story” that affects the lives of three generations of Russian women, Rosie, Katya, and Tonya, whose narratives are all interconnected by Russian fairy…